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CIHM/ICMH 

Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHIVI/ICIVIH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


Canadian  Institute  for  Historical  Microreproductions  /  institut  Canadian  de  microreproductions  historiques 


Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes/Notes  techniques  et  bibliographiques 


The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best 
original  copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
cr^y  which  may  be  bibliographically  unique, 
which  may  alter  any  of  the  images  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


D 


D 


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D 

D 


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Coloured  covers/ 
Couverture  de  couleur 


I      I    Covers  damaged/ 


Co'jvsrture  endommag^e 

Covers  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Couverture  restaur^e  et/ou  pellicul6e 


□    Cover  title  missing/ 
Le 


titre  de  couverture  manque 


I      I    Coloured  maps/ 


Cartes  g^ographiques  en  couleur 


Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 


Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 


Bound  with  other  material/ 
Reli6  avec  d'autres  documents 

Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  reliure  serr^e  peut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la 
distortion  le  long  de  la  marge  intdrieure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  ajout^es 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  texte, 
mais,  lorsque  cela  6tait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  dtd  film^es. 

Additional  comments:/ 
Commentaires  suppl6mentaires: 


L'InstitJt  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  6t6  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-dtre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exige:  i<ne 
modification  dans  la  m6thodo  normale  de  f 'Image 
sont  indiqu6s  ci-dessous. 


I      I    Coloured  pages/ 


Pages  de  couleur 

Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  endommagdes 


□    Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Pages  restaurdes  et/ou  pellicul6es 


a 


Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  fuxed/ 
Pages  ddcolordes,  tachetdes  ou  piqudes 


I      I    Pages  detached/ 


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D 


Pages  d6tach6es 

Showthrough/ 
Transparence 

Quality  of  prir 

Quality  indgale  de  I'impression 

Includes  supplementary  materia 
Comprend  du  materiel  supplementaire 


r~l(   Showthrough/ 

I      I    Quality  of  print  varies/ 

I      I    Includes  supplementary  material/ 


Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Edition  disponible 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalement  ou  partiellement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
etc.,  ont  6t^  filmdes  d  nouveau  de  fa^on  d 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below/ 

Ce  document  est  filmi  au  taux  de  reduction  indiquA  ci-dessous. 

10X  14X  18X  22X 


26X 


30X 


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12X 


16X 


20X 


24X 


28X 


32X 


Th«  copy  filmvd  h«r«  has  b««n  raproducad  thanks 
to  tha  ganarosity  of: 

Library  Division 

Provincial  Archives  of  British  Columbia 


L'axamplaira  film*  f ut  raproduit  grica  A  la 
ginArositA  da: 

Library  Division 

Provincial  Archives  of  British  Columbia 


Tha  imagas  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  bast  quality 
posslbia  consldaring  tha  condition  and  lagiblllty 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spacif ications. 


Las  imagas  suivantas  ont  4t*  raproduitas  avac  la 
plus  grand  soin,  compta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattat*  da  l'axamplaira  film*,  at  an 
conformity  avac  las  conditions  du  contrat  da 
filmaga. 


Origin*:!  copias  in  printyd  papar  covars  ara  filmad 
baginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  a  printad  or  illustratad  impras- 
sion.  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  copias  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  illustratad  impras- 
sion,  and  anding  on  tha  last  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illustratad  imprassion. 


Las  axamplairas  originaux  dont  la  couvartura  an 
papiar  ast  imprimAa  sont  fiim^s  an  commandant 
par  la  pramiar  plat  at  an  tarminant  soit  par  la 
darnlAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'impras:«ion  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  la  sacond 
plat,  salon  la  cas.  Tous  las  autras  axamplairas 
originaux  sont  filmAs  an  commandant  par  la 
pramiAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'imprassion  ou  d'illustration  Gt  an  tarminant  par 
la  darnfAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  talla 
amprainta. 


Tha  last  racordad  frama  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  — »•  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED "),  or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END  "). 
whichever  applies. 


Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
derniAre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbols  — ►  signifie  "A  SUIVRE  ",  ie 
symbols  V  signifie  "FIN". 


Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  In  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  fo'lowing  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  pauvent  Atre 
filmAs  A  des  taux  da  reduction  diffirants. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  Atre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clichA,  il  est  film*  A  partir 
de  I'angle  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  nAcassaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mAthode. 


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■^  2oth  Congress, 
1^^  Session. 


[  SENATE.  ] 


[20] 


MEMORIAL 


QP 


HALL  J.  KELLEY, 


PBAYINO 


A  grant  of  land  in  the  Oregon  Territory  for  the  purpose  of  establishing 

a  colony  thereon. 


December  27,  1839. 

Laid  on  the  table,  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 


To  the  honorable  Senate  of  the  United  States  : 

Respectfully  represents  your  peiitioner,  Hall  J.  Kelley,  that  he  is  a  native 
citizen  of  these  United  States,  and  now  resides  in  Massachusetts  : — that  for 
more  than  twenty  years  he  has  been  earnestly  endeavoring  by  various 
means  to  awaken  the  public  mind  and  direct  the  thoughts  of  Government 
to  the  formation,  protection,  and  encouragement  of  settlements  in  the  Oregon 
Territory :  that  he  has  at  divers  times  memorialized  Congress  on  this  sub- 
ject ;  that  he  has  also  diligently  collected  from  all  quarters,  whether  books 
oi  living  authority,  information  in  regard  to  that  Territory ;  which  infor- 
mation he  has,  by  means  of  the  press,  and  at  great  cost  and  trouble,  laid 
before  the  public  ;  that  in  pursuing  his  design  of  extending  the  blessings  of 
Christian  knowledge,  republican  institutions,  and  the  various  arts  of  life  to 
our  Pacific  coast,  he  has  spent  the  flower  of  his  age,  and  the  whole  of  his 
fortune,  and  has  exposed  himself  to  perils  and  liardships,  dangers  and 
calumnies,  disease  and  penury;  that  about  the  year  1828,  for  the  purpose 
of  establishing  a  colony  in  Oregon,  he  set  on  foot  an  enterprise  in  which 
many  hundreds  of  his  fellow  citizens  engaged  to  participate — but  which,  on 
the  very  eve  of  its  success,  was  suspended  in  consequence  of  the  false  rep- 
resentations circulated  through  the  press  concerning  the  Oregon  Territory, 
the  facility  of  travelling  thither,  and  the  character  and  purpose  of  your 
petitioner :  that  being  thus  checked  in  his  designs,  your  petitioner  deter- 
mined to  visit  and  explore  the  Oregon  Territory,  and  give  to  the  world  the 
result  of  his  own  observation ;  that  he  accordingly  set  forward  on  his 
journey  with  a  few  associates,  and  a  considerable  amount  of  property,  in 
the  year  1832,  for  the  western  coast ;  that  during  his  journeying  thither, 
he  was  plundered,  deserted  by  his  comrades,  and  left  to  his  own  unaided 
resources,  so  that  he  arrived  in  Oregon  almost  destitute  of  property  and 
broken  down  in  health ;  that  he  remained  a  considerable  period  in  that 
country,  much  embarrassed  in  his  movements  by  the  officials  and  subordi- 
nates of  the  Hudson  Bay  company,  as  well  as  by  bodily  infirmities,  pro- 
duced by  exposure  and  fatigue ;  yet,  nevertheless,  collecting  a  large  masa 

Blair  &  Rives,  printers. 


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o^im. 


[20] 


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JAN   r:  «© 


of  various  information  for  the  benefit  of  the  world ;  that  he  was  compelled 
at  last  by  ill  health  and  ill  treatment  to  return  to  Massachusetts,  where  he 
has  ever  since  been  endeavorinjsf  to  communicate  the  results  of  his  travel  to 
the  public,  although  his  movements  have  been  cramped  by  the  want  of 
health  and  funds,  particularly  by  the  almost  entire  loss  of  his  eyesight. 

Your  petitioner  would  further  state  that  many  of  the  individuals"  whose 
attention  had  been  directed  by  his  exertions  towards  Oregon,  ;md  who  ori- 
ginally enlisted  in  his  scheme  of  emigration,  have  subsequently  settled  in 
that  Territory,  and  that  your  petitioner  has  thus  been  the  author  of  the  first 
permanent  American  settlements  west  of  the  Rocky  mountains. 

Such  is  a  brief  sketch  of  what  your  petitioner  has  attempted,  and  accom- 
plished, done,  sacrificed,  and  suffered  in  endeavoring  to  promote  the  welfare 
of  his  country  and  the  advancement  of  civilization. 

Having  thus  sacrificed  his  time,  property,  and  health,  being  now  reduced 
to  poverty,  and  yet  remaining  desirous  of  carrying  the  institutions  of  his 
country  to  the  Oregon,  he  most  earnestly  and  respectfully  prays  of  this 
honoiat)le  body,  the  grant  of  so  much  land  in  that  Territory  as  may  enable 
him  at  once  to  establish  a  prosperous  colony,  and  regain  some  portion  of 
the  property  which  he  has  expended  as  before  described. 

Referring  to  the  documents  which  accompany  this  petition  for  more  perfect 
information  in  regard  to  the  facts  therein  stated,  your  petitioner  prays,  &.c. 

HALL  J.  KELLEY. 


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for  the  benefit  of  the  world ;  that  he  was  compelled 
ill  treatment  to  return  to  Massachusetts,  where  he 
eavoring  to  communicate  the  results  of  his  travel  to 
3  movements  have  been  cramped  by  the  want  of 
ularly  by  the  almost  entire  loss  of  his  eyesight, 
d  further  state  that  many  of  the  individuals  whose 
jted  by  his  exertions  towards  Oregon,  ;ind  who  ori- 
;cheme  of  emigration,  have  subsequently  settled  in 
your  petitioner  has  thus  been  the  author  of  the  first 
ttlements  west  of  the  Rocky  mountains. 
I  of  what  your  petitioner  has  attempted,  and  accom- 
,  and  suffered  in  endeavoring  to  promote  the  welfare 
advancement  of  civilization, 
id  his  time,  property,  and  health,  being  now  reduced 
mining  desirous  of  carrying  the  institutions  of  his 
1,  he  most  earnestly  and  respectfully  prays  of  this 
:nt  of  so  much  land  in  that  Territory  as  may  enable 
1  a  prosperous  colony,  and  regain  some  portion  of 
tias  expended  as  betore  described, 
nients  which  accompany  this  petition  for  more  perfect 
othe  facts  therein  stated,  your  petitioner  prays,  (fcc. 

HALL  J.  KELJ.EY. 


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